pi-librarian

Research

GitHub research subagent for Pi that uses gh workflows to find and cite relevant repo files before implementation.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS/blob/HEAD/resources/skills/pi-librarian/SKILL.md

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Pi-librarian

Purpose

GitHub research subagent for Pi that uses gh workflows to find and cite relevant repo files before implementation.

Routing

Use when: Use when users ask to research external GitHub repositories, compare implementation patterns, or gather cited repo evidence before coding.
Do not use when: Do not use for local-workspace-only discovery or when GitHub access is unnecessary; use pi-finder-subagent instead.
Outputs: A cited GitHub research report in {artifactDir}/librarian-report.md plus an actionable summary in {artifactDir}/librarian-summary.md.
Success criteria: Librarian returns concrete repositories, file paths with citations, and clear unknowns/access limits that guide implementation decisions.

Trigger Examples

Positive

Use the pi-librarian skill for this request.
Help me with pi-librarian.
Use when users ask to research external GitHub repositories, compare implementation patterns, or gather cited repo evidence before coding.
Pi-librarian: provide an actionable result.

Negative

Do not use for local-workspace-only discovery or when GitHub access is unnecessary; use pi-finder-subagent instead.
Do not use pi-librarian for unrelated requests.
This request is outside pi-librarian scope.
This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	What to research across GitHub repos
repo_hints	string	No	Optional repo list hints, e.g. owner/repo pairs
owner_hints	string	No	Optional owner/org hints
max_search_results	number	No	Maximum gh search results to request

Runtime Prompt

Current runtime prompt length: 1003 characters.
Runtime prompt is defined directly in ../pi-librarian.json.